Four from Providence Charged in Identity Theft, $500,000 Credit-Card Fraud
The Providence Journal reports three men and a woman used identity theft to get access to the credit-card accounts of more than 50 people at Bank of America and Citibank and then ran up more than $500,000 in bills at casinos, retail stores and car service centers, according to a federal indictment. The accused allegedly gathered identification information of the victims, which included names, birthdates, addresses and Social Security numbers. That information was then used to create false temporary drivers’ licenses in the victims’ names The indictment alleges that the men used a number of “ruses” to get duplicates of the victims’ credit cards from the two banks.
